The St. Anthony's Friars will square off against the Cardinal Hayes Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Anthony's has given up an average of 29.5 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
St. Anthony's is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New York's top teams: Iona Prep, who was ranked first at the time (St. Anthony's was ranked eighth). The Friars lost to the Gaels at home by a 50-36 margin on Friday. The Friars haven't had much luck with the Gaels recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Cardinal Hayes had taken Archbishop Stepinac down for two straight games at home, but that winning streak came to an end on Friday. The Cardinals fell 14-6 to the Crusaders.
St. Anthony's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Cardinal Hayes, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
St. Anthony's didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Cardinal Hayes in their previous matchup back in November of 2024, but they still walked away with a 35-30 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was the Cardinals' Rich Belin, who rushed for 245 yards and a pair of scores while picking up 10.2 yards per carry, and also threw for 165 yards and one TD. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for the Friars to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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